Season 2 of Hulu's 'PEN15' expands upon the exciting and traumatic themes of puberty. Critic Aisha Harris says the comedy's co-creators have found new ways to burrow the growing pangs and embarrassments of adolescence even deeper, to cathartic effect.
have offered thoughtful and progressive examinations of how young girls are simultaneously encouraged to grow up fast and scolded for doing so.does the same, but it aims to find a sweet spot between comedic and dramatic extremes.
But the game of pretend spirals out of control quickly, to the point where it disturbs their classmates and reveals their underdeveloped emotional EQs. Maya unfurls unsettling stalker-like tendencies toward Brandt. They threaten to cast a hex on students who spy on them in the school greenhouse, and burst into a horrifying chant of gibberish while convulsing, which ultimately gets them sent to the principal's office and draws in their bewildered parents.
This realm of make-believe is an extension of a lighter facet of their personalities. Despite being in their early teens, a time when most of us are eager to ditch any childhood affinities that might make our peers think we're stuck in elementary school, the girls still play with dolls unironically.
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